My Political Prediction for 2012: It's Obama-Clinton

You couldn't be more wrong on the subject of intrusion.

Economies aren't natural. They were establishe­d by government­s at the behest of citizens and the job of ensuring fair and reasonable access is the inarguable domain of dually elected governing bodies.

Anyone who has ever played a sport without referees knows that it doesn't take long for the stubborn, spoiled brats to cheat and take all the fun out of what could have been an invigorating, challenging, and personally rewarding competition. Worse, when the spoiled, whiny creeps own the property on which the event takes place, they too often end up having no hesitation to 'pull rank' and punish ('go home if you don't like it') other kids who don't go along with their demands - "It's MY field and MY rules!"

In short, when there are no referees and only a few with the power to make and enforce their own rules, there is ultimately no fairness, no justice, at all. To believe otherwise only demonstrates an acute lack of real-world experience or comprehension about about how other people behave. Many Libertarians are assiduously ethical and law-abiding. Sometimes to a fault. But they fail to grasp the fact that their ilk is in the minority - especially in the ranks of the intensely wealthy. Ironically, Libertarians would likely be some of the first to get hoovered into the bowels of the rich if Libertarians get their way.

It is the job of government to prosecute violators of the law and to implement laws that respond to changes in the world or illicit and anti-compe­titive conduct. Your sweeping generaliza­tion is groundless on face - much like a good 50-60% of everything that Ayn Rand ever said or wrote.

What we have right now is fascism - corporate control of the nation's governance­. For example, TBTF banks have direct access to the Fed and almost all other banks have to go through TBTF for access to loanable funds. Therefore, a small number of people control the money supply - and believe me, they exert their control (fees, rates, terms) as they see fit since there's no way the Fed are motivated to deviate from the policies of their iconic Randian waterboy, Alan Greenspan.

And if you think corporatio­ns are less corrupt and more competent than government­s, then you've had very limited tastes of both entities.

You like corporatio­ns owning the operation of economic systems with no input from citizens? That's where we are today - your Randian paradise. Corporatio­ns haven't had this much power over government since before Teddy Roosevelt.

And because of that, it's unlikely that anyone outside the .1% will have a happy 2012.
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